10 Great 3D Effects using jQuery

3D is now a commodity with 3D TV’s being all the rage and the latest cinema flicks are nearly always in 3D. With this in mind we can use jQuery to bring amazing 3D effects to our websites! From galleries to menus & text, 3D can take the user experience to the next level. Here are 10 jQuery 3D effects/plugins. (8. and 10. are pretty good!) Enjoy!

1. jQuery TagCanvas

A JavaScript class which will draw and animate a HTML5 canvas based tag cloud. In general tag clouds use the font size of the tag links to highlight their frequency or popularity, so TagCanvas uses the size of the tag text to determine the weight of each tag.Source

2. jQuery 3D Label Effects

A jQuery plugin that applies highlight and shadow effects to text in a control so as to create a 3d effect.Source

3. TextDepth: 3D-text jQuery Plugin

Allows creating awesome 3D text effect with jQuery. Enjoy 3D effect in all your text with this easy to use plugin. It comes with the following options to customize the 3D Effect: Depth, Wrapper, Shade_Color, Gradient.Source

4. jQuery Three Dee

A plugin for the jQuery JavaScript Framework, which converts text into 3D text that can be viewed with simple red/blue 3D glasses. The plugin uses CSS3, with a fall-back for older browsers to create the 3D effect.Source

5. 3D Sphere Using jQuery

Ever wanted your tag cloud to resemble a ball? Of course you did. This tutorial will walk you through how to create a Sphere in jQuery.DemoSource

6. jQuery Smart3D

This plugin provides a lot of options to customize the behavior. It provides a set of interesting effects that can be used to design interactive websites. Use them on site headers to create appealing websites.Source

7. jQuery 3D ObjectVR

This jQuery libraray helps you create attractive and lovely 3D shapes. Change the perspective, tilt, rotate and play with the shapes using the jQuery 3D ObjectVR plugin.Source

8. Cloud Carousel – A 3d Carousel in JavaScript

There are some attractive Adobe Flash based solutions for this type of UI component, and while JavaScript versions exist (see this and this), the commercial Flash products tend to have better aesthetics and polish. This is cool!Source

9. Tagosphere

A 3d animated tag cloud generated from an array. You can easily customize it by tweaking the eide range of options provided by this plugin.Source

10. 3d tag cloud

This is a jQuery plugin to create a 3d tag cloud from an unordered list. Create tags that rotate with a 3d effect usig jQuery. This plugin provides a lot of options to customize the looks of the amazing jQuery 3d tag cloud. Scroll in and out with the mouse wheel!Source